Angstgegner

Literally translating as a 'fear opponent', any guesses as to what an Angstgegner could be?

It's how Germans describe a bogey team - a side who constantly seem to emerge victorious against another.

Historically, Borussia Mönchengladbach have always been Bayern Munich's bogey team, and with the two title hopefuls set to face off towards the end of the campaign, you might hear this word said once or twice.

Bananenflanke

You wait two months for football to come back and then this happens ???

Any phrase with the word 'banana' in automatically becomes cool. Flanke actually means 'cross', so what's a banana cross?

Well, it's actually the expression to describe a curled cross - either an inswinger or an outswinger.

'Hey, Trent Alexander-Arnold, that was a proper wicked Bananenflanke!'

Den Okocha Machen

Bolton Wanderers v Fulham | Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images

No, Okocha isn't another funky German word. It's that Jay-Jay Okocha, the former Bolton Wanderers sensation who took the Premier League by storm.

Okocha's legacy was largely built from his love of pulling out a rainbow flick, sending the ball flying over his opponent's head without them even realising what he had done. Well, that's exactly what den Okocha machen means - 'to do the Okocha'.

German football lexicon has taken plenty of inspiration from English, but the reasons behind doing so are always positive.

Englishe Woche literally translates as 'English week' and refers to a hectic gameweek in which teams have a midweek fixture as well as one on the weekend, which is hardly a rarity in the frantic, winter break-hating Premier League.

There's also a Wembley Tor, which means a 'Wembley Goal'. Basically, it's a goal which may or may not have crossed the line. Y

Torjägerkanone

The race for the Torjägerkanone is heating up. Robert Lewandowski and Timo Werner look set for a head-to-head shoot-out (pun not intended) for the league's top scorer award, and only a brave fan would confidently state who they felt was going to come out on top.

The Bayern man has held the trophy for the last two years and has won four of the last six, but he's got some work to do if he wants to ensure he makes it three in a row.